Kelowna

Project died, but now alive

Kelowna Coun. Ryan Donn broke the tie and gave Mayor Colin Basran a victory during Monday’s city council meeting.

Donn’s absence from an April 23 public hearing led to a tie vote that defeated a motion to approve a six-storey housing project on Groves Avenue in South Pandosy.

City staff had recommended that council approve the zoning change from large lot housing to highrise apartment housing and to make the property high density as opposed to its current medium density status.

Basran decided, however, to invoke his executive privilege and put the issue right back into council’s lap on Monday. Donn provided the winning vote to push the Abbott Park Holdings development forward.